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Keynote Speaker: Sigurd Piwek
WAFLT - Teacher of the Year
Milwaukee German Immersion Elementary School
2017 FLESFEST Session Descriptors
Do You Wonder How Good Listening Leads to Asking Good Questions?
with Donna Clementi
Being a good communicator is a two-way process. It involves both listening actively and asking good questions to keep the conversation going (without falling down a rabbit hole!). Come explore how curiosity and creativity lead to enriched and rewarding communication.
Can You Imagine Traveling Without Even Leaving Your Classroom?
with Deana Zorko
What if, like Alice, our students could travel to amazing places instantly? Powerful tech tools can help them do just that. Join me to discover how to guide students through the looking glass where they can boost their creativity and proficiency, by actively engaging with art and other culturally rich images. Effective strategies for communication as well as formative and summative assessments adaptable to all levels will be included.
How Can Play Guide Our Students Successfully Through the Wonderland of Language and Culture?
with Jody Schneider
“Who in the world am I? Ah, THAT's the great puzzle!” said Alice. See how stories, games, and play provide a natural, meaningful context for self-discovery and for connecting to others and our world. Play-focused strategies are ideal for fostering curiosity and inspiring creativity while also promoting communication.
How Do Visible Thinking Routines Help Learners Think Deeply and Become Curiouser and Curiouser?
with Josh LeGreve
Our students spend a great deal of time in a digital Wonderland filled with rich visual and informational stimuli. As world language teachers, how can we train students to think deeply and critically in the target language as they analyze a cultural image, video, or artifact? Learn how to use Visible thinking routines to help students approach our world with limitless curiosity.
Please click on the links to the right to find the FLESFEST 2017 credit option page for more informationNeed help? Contact Lynn Sessler Neitzel, FLESFEST Credit Option Coordinator @ lmneitzel@gmail.com